Winter Olympics Photo of the Day: Sliding Beneath the Mountain

A view of the mountain scenery around an Olympic venue

A luge rider races on a curving ice track in a resort town beneath a towering mountain.
Marco Bertorello / AFP / Getty

Pomagagnon, a mountain in the Dolomites, towers above Cortina d’Ampezzo, and the Cortina Sliding Center below, where Italy’s Dominik Fischnaller competes in a men’s singles luge run during the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, on February 8, 2026.

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